Valentine’s Day is approaching, and that means love is in the air. What better way to be a part of that trend than to find yourself a furry friend to love? I have had a variety of pets over the years. From hamsters to snakes and salamanders when I was small to a couple of dogs and numerous ...

I, like many people in Belmont County, grew up shopping at the Ohio Valley Mall. But the mall meant much more than just shopping — it was the place to be during my junior high and high school years. Even before that, it was an important destination for my family. The presence of the mall ...

On Thursday, March 14, 1968, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at Grosse Pointe South High School in an affluent Detroit, Michigan suburb. The title of his talk was “The Other America.” It also said he gave the same title on April 14, 1967, at Stanford University. It is ...

The winter chill and more snow than usual this January has kept me indoors more than I would like. As a result, I’ve been doing some projects that I might not otherwise have gotten around to addressing. Most recently, my husband, Mike, and I went through several boxes stored in a closet ...

It’s been quite awhile since our region experienced so much January snowfall. I, for one, didn’t mind that particular drought. The continuous rounds of snow that we have experienced over the last week or so haven’t been unbearable, but they have certainly created some inconveniences. In ...

There is THE economy big picture and then there is YOUR personal economy. Before the last election we heard supposedly smart people in Washington, D.C., and New York City who make big money apparently don’t do the grocery shopping and call people like me stupid because we didn’t ...